Towel-dispensing cabinet



6J5. HADLEY AND w. E. ILEY. TDWELDISPENSING CABINET.

, APELICATIOI? HLED SEPT. 2 3. 92D. 1,380,648. 1 Patented June 7, 1921.

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INVENTORS. Cewecflyfimriy y WQ ER/L E Y ATTORNEY TOWEL DlSPENSING CABINET.

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Patented June 7, 1921.-

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ATTORNEY e; E. HADLEY AND w. E. RILEY.

TOWEL 'DISPQENSINGVCABINET. APPLICATION mm sEPT. 2a. 1920.

Patented June 7, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June-7, 192i.

. Application filed September 28, 1920. Serial No. 412,185.

To all whom it army concern:

Be it known thatwe, Gnome E. Hahn and WILLIAM; E. RILEY, citizens of the United States, and residentsof Louisville, in the. countyof Jefierson and State of Kentucljy have invented, an Improvementin Tow -l)is pens Cabinets, of which the cation.-

improvement in dispensing cabinets for.

I towels, and consists of certain improvements, and of a certain new and novel construction, fully set forth in thefollowing specification, and shown in the accompanyin drawings forming a part hereof.

ur invention has for one object the pro-1 vision of amethod and means of uniforml V folding,stacking and securing, under 100 the for purposes at avoiding the" -great loss of towels, now-so common in the industry, and insuring the delivery of the number of towels allocated to V p a customer.

Anotherobject is to provide a, closed and locked cabinet, in wh1ch.= the towels are 5, placed pending use, jwhichl they may 3 e withdrawn, onepafterjthe other, tliiis wherein are concerned, -quite,a distance from the cabinet.

The purpose of the slotted-triangular opening, through which the towels are drawn,is to provide just the character, sha e and size of opening found by practice to e necessary to permitthe ready release of the Hinder towel of a stack of. towels and at the samsumew leave so much'o f the bottom as has been found necessary .to support what remains in the stack of towels and avoid the bulging of -the mass of towels through theo' emng.

These spe cations set forth the embodiment of our; invention as it is referred, but t; is to be understood that suc changes and modifications may be resorted m'h's come within'the scope of the claims appended hereunto.

with the above and other ob'ec'ts in view our invention has particular re atio'n. to certain novel features of construction, more igure 1 is a perspective view of the dev1ce 1n its nonna' condition. d

Fig. 2 1s a sim lar view showing the cabinet open, wherein the towels are to be stacked ready. for use, with the front of the receptacle for soiled towels partly broken away'to show the position the towels take after use;

.-Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view showing the holding element attached to the inside of the topof the cabinet, with the guide memavoiding the contamination of the tows *henaudthe look, also the flexible part of said prior totheir use,nlfi1v,du'st, dirt, soot, an other atmosphcrici uences.

Another object is to provide a means by which a user will secure an individual towel without contaminating any of v the other towelsby drippings from his or her hands or by touching anyother towel in. the.cabi

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And a further object is to provide a dispensin cabinet 'from-gwhich the towels may successively with drawn by hold of the corner of the .lowest towel an pulling the same through a v slotted-triangular openm in the bottom of the cabinet, the towel, w on removed, following a flexible retainer, thus disposing of the soiled towel, and at the same time permitting the convenient and comfortable use of the towel, as far as the hands and face I fnember, including the cotterin at the end bf the flexible part of the gui e member.

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Fig. 9 a perspective view of a stack towels, with securin positioned within the and cotter-pin attach 33f band, guide member inetsrand with lock fully set forth in the accompanying draw Fig. 8 a detailed view of the guide memwith Y -'snpporting the cabinet, an open .reeeptacle,

- 23, to receive soiled towels a, guide member,

24, with flexible part, 25.

- therigid part the cotterhold the memberigini.proper position-e tecliedto the guide member, 24, is a. flexible yi haiee a. swingin 'lhe guide member, 24, is provided with apertures, 26, in which a, lock, 27, is secured, .and e depression, 28, in which the spring clas 29,-engages, another; aperture, 30, heart e delivery and of of the guide member, n which in is pos tioned whengtowels ere stacked-,a' older,32', rigidly attached to the nfi dekof the top of the cebniet 33,-designed ide member. when n normal MSitiOliin t av-cabinet, said holder having ewverticala aperture .into which; the guide member'isshpp1ed; a spriugclasp, 29, open.

eitive ithln a holderand..,-desig ned to seat"-im;the'-s lot,--2 8, thu's' securing the .29, is puller I out by the--kliob.;;A- Sl0b,;3f1,- is exitin the upper endi",;oi the guide member "which engages he 35,. thusreteiningi-the guide ."25," which 'serves towire .101 .cord 7 thejsoiled towels to the receptacle, 23.

emberis securely attached. .a' cotter-pin, 31,

essege of the gromet, 36, of the towel. Eac gtowel is provided with egromet, 3G, or hash hole unohed to fit; overthe guide member, 24. i i he cabinet is provided with door, 38, with it looking gluss front, 1f esirec In the upper front part of the receptacle fut-soiled wwglsis'a box, 40, for the storage -'of soup,jcombs and brushes. As a. part of the device a; stacking -plate,-41. is provided, in-whi'cli a, th'imhle,

. 42, is embedded and in which n stacking rod,

43, is positioned. The towels are stacked, 5, as shown in Fig.9, after being folded as shown in F lg. 6.

The parts will beassembled normally us shown in Figs. 1 and 2, withthedesircd -allotmcnt oflowcls, so y and held in CuFsiC through and the rumor number up to a bundred or so, stacked, 21, withilr the cabinet position by the guide member, 24-, with the tellerain, 3H,. properly positioned and resting within the rcc'eptauile, 23. The guide lin-mln-r is held rigidly in posi tion by the holder, 32. lhe bottom of the rigid part of the guide nnunber is slightly bent and is hold :1 short distance above the bottom of the cabinet and positioned in proper relation to the slot, 43, of the trianfil) gulur opening, -14.

lt will be noticed that a corner of the imitom towel 21.}, projects below the bottom at the :a-drinet, and all one urcds to do is to ull on that corner. when tin towel will of ilu: towel ide.

' 4 Asup )ly of stocks of towels maybeke nesogeis next above will fall through the opening.

and be ready foriremova], and so the process may be repeated until all towels in the cabi-.

42, the gromet of a towel fold. Thisoperation isrepeuted until thedesired number on the rod ;;s.

around the stuc rod is then-lifted aper band, is then f folded,

out, and the guide member of towels has b stacked? and securely fastened; The

with the cutter pin adjusted, is then slipped,

upper end foremost -down through the gromets, the stack 0' towels turned ovzt endthe lock, 27, inserted andlockedin o e of the apertures, 26, nearest to the towels.--

onhun atheadquarters, always in rear"- nessto replenish the' cabinets. elf.- tra supplyunay be kept on i g V premises and he, being furnished with a. key to the cabinet door, net from time to time.

quire very little of the time of the th'e customeiia i may replenish the Icebz 1 However, it will-reremove tie" soiled towels and replenish the cabinet with clean towels.

After the stack of clean towels has placed in the cabinet, the guide memberedjusted in the holder the cotter-pin released unddmppcd into the receptacle for soiled V ofi undthe towels, the 'pzzperbend .is torn towels are reu y for service.

This device may be supplemented by e .105 thus described our invention, we ll coined controlled mechanism. Having claim. i

1. A towel dispensing cabinet an upper compartment, with means for .cpening, olosing and locking the some, proper supports to retain said compartment at the desired elevation, a slotted opening in the bottomiof said compartment, means for supporting it stack of towels, a receptacle for soiled towels, a guide member, part ri id and. part flexible, the rigid part provided with perforations, the flexible art rigid] attached to the rigid part, and limg enoug to reach into the soiled towel com artment said guide member having at the ower end including n (otter-pin large enough to prevent the in such position so that said part may be readily grasped for the purpose of pulling said towel through said opening, all substantially as set forth.

2. In a device of the character described,

for dis ensing towels or like articles, a cab1- v net or ox, with door and lock, and with a slotted-triangular opening in the bottom, said bottom and opening designed so as to permit the descent, suspension and withdrawal, through said opening, of a corner or .a part of a towel, or other like article, the

remainder of-the stack supported above by the part' of the'bottom not cut away, said cabinet having the necessary supports to hold said cabinet at the desired elevation, and a compartment forming a rece tacle for soiled towels positioned below sai cabinet, in combination with a holder, rigidly attached to the ceiling of the cabinet or box, a

guide member flexible part, and to be held b said holder, said guide member to exten throu h the omets or holes in'a stack of towe s, or 11% articles, piled within the cabinet, and to extend through the opening in the bottom of the cabinet down into the receptacle for soiled comprising a rigid and a towels, said ri 'd part havin means of at- GEORGE E. HADLEY. WM. E. RILEY.

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